Bottle-sealing machine.



A. CALLESON.

BOTTLE SEALING MACHINE. APP LICATION FILED MAR. 30, I916- Patented Mar.26, 1918.

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flpecifloation of Letters Patent.

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Application filed March 30, 1918. serial No. 87,803.

To all whom it may concern! Be it known that I, Amos Carmnson, a citizenof the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBottle-Sealing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to container sealing machines and it consists incertain improvements in sealing machines of the class typified, forinstance, in my U. S. Letters Patent No. 1,096,527 whereby a more substantial construction and compact organization of the parts areafforded, the construction of the machine in general is simplified andits assembly and disassembly rendered more facile, and the efiiciency ofthe machine considerably increased.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of the machine taken mainly in aplane coincident with the axis of its upstanding pillar; and 1 Fig. 2 isa plan view.

The frame lncludes the base a having an upstanding annular race 6forming a recess 0; a cylindrical upstanding pillar at having anexterior flange d on its lower end whereby said pillar, stepped in therecess 0, is bolted to the base; a table e reaching to right and left ofthe pillar to afford support for the empty and filled bottles and boltedon the base, the table having an opening e concentric with the pillar;and a head f surmounting the pillar, having. a downwardly projectingportion f which fits in the latter, and being provided with a plate fbolted to the top of the head and covering the uption 7 provided with:-a re ovable gear-casing section or cover 7' bolted to section f.

The bottle support 9 (otherwise designated herein the container mover)rotates on race I), concentric with the pillar and excepting for anexteriorly disposed annular gear in is substantially the same as in mysaid patent.

The cylindrical carrier z oscillates and reciprocates on the pillar andis otherwise sub- 7 stantially the same as in my said patent, andassociated therewith (by substantially the,

same means and in substantially the same way not necessary ofdescription hereinas in my said Cpatent) so as to partake of its ter,and suitably afiixed to its lower end a cam 0 provided with a sinuousrib 0' engaged withthe carrier 71 by extending between itsroller-equipped studs m. The sleeve has its thrust in each directionassinned by the head I where it penetrates the same,-thus: Below thehead, and abutting a.

shoulder n on the sleeve, is a collar 17, and splined on the sleeve andheld against upward movement thereon by the nut q are the cams 1'(spaced by the thimble s) and the worm-Wheel t, the cams and worm-wheelbe ing housed in the cavity f of the head 7 and the cams being adaptedto actuate a lever at which imparts the oscillating movement to thecarrier i as described in detail in my said patent.

To afford an axial bearing for the sleeve n I provide the shaft *i whichis stepped into an arm (Z projecting inwardly from the pillar, at itslower endand fits snugly a hole in the cover plate f at its upper end,being fixed to the arm by the set screw to.

1 Ball or other antifriction bearings may, if desired, be employedbetween head 7'' and collar p onthe one hand and said head and the lowercam 1-, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. A vertical shaft a: exterior ofthepillar and base, is housed and journaled in the gearing casing f*-the Casing sleeve 1 depending from said casing and the bracket 2 boltedto the table,- and at its upper and lower ends it carries the worm-wheel2 and pinion 3, respectively, the latter engaging the-gear h of thebottle support. 1

A is the drive shaft, journaled horizontally in the cover plate fbetween and carrying worms 5 and 6 meshing with the wormwheels t and 2.

It will be obvious that my present invention involves these advantages,to wit, that the container mover is driven more smoothly than beforebecause it derives its motion member which cil'ects the raising andlowering of the sealing-headcarrying structure (carrier 2'); and thatthe construction in general, and of the superstructure of the machine inparticular, is simplified and the assembly and disassembly of the partsrendered more facile in that the cam-including member may bemademelatively short, projecting only part way down into the pillar,and. is supported against both lateral and vertical play well up in. thesupport aifordcd by the pillar and head, the pillar itself being devoidof all inaccessible movable parts in its base portion requiringattention to keep them in order and from being fouled by the liquidwasted in the bottling operation.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto'secure by Letters Patent is 1. A container sealing machine including,in combination, an upright support having a pillar, an up and downsealing-head-carrying structure guided by the pillar, an upright rotarymember arranged in the pillar and including a cam engaged with saidstructure, said'support confining said member against up and downmovement and having a part thereof errtendin through and affording abearing for said member, and means to rotate said member.

2. A. container sealing machine including, in combination, an uprightsupport having a pillar,-an up and down sealing-liead-carrying structureguided by the pillar, an upright rotary member arranged in the pillarand including a cam engaged with said structure, a shaft penetrating andaffording an axial bearing for said member and supincense ported aboveand below said member by the support, said support confining said memberagainst up and down movement, and means to rotate said member.

3. A container sealing machine including, in combination, an uprightsupport having a pillar and a head on the pillar, an up and down movablesealing-headcarrying structure guided by the pillar, an upright rotarymember arranged in the pillar and includ ing a cam engaged with saidstructure, said member penetrating and having its vertical thrust ineach direction assumed by the head, and means to rotate said member.

l. A container sealing machine including, in combination, an uprightsupport having a pillar and a head on the pillar, an up and down movablesealing-head-carrying structure guided by the pillar, an upright rotarymember arranged in the pillar and including cam engaged with saidstructure, said member penetrating and having its vertical thrust ineach direction assumed by the head ing acam engaged with said structure,said member penetrating and having its vertical thrust in each directionassumed by the head, a shaft penetrating and affording an axial bearingfor said member and support ed above and below said member by thesupport, and means to rotate said member.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

AMOS CALLESON.

